Bacterial species and mycotoxin contamination associated with locust bean, melon and their fermented products in south-western Nigeria

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-80

  Adedeji, Bamidele S ^a   Ezeokoli, Obinna T ^b,c   Ezekiel, Chibundu N ^d,e   Obadina, Adewale O ^a   Somorin, Yinka M ^f   Sulyok, Michael ^d   Adeleke, Rasheed A ^b,c   Warth, Benedikt ^g   Nwangburuka, Cyril C ^e   Omemu, Adebukola M ^a   Oyewole, Olusola B ^a   Krska, Rudolf ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Food safety; Locust beans; Melon; Natural toxins; Public health

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; BACTERIAL DNA; BEAUVERICIN; CITRININ; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; RNA 16S; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER INSUAVIS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP INAQUOSORUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEAN; BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS OLEI; CELLULOSIMICROBIUM CELLULANS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDIMENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE SUBSP CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE SUBSP DISSOLVENS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FIRMICUTES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA QUASIPNEUMONIAE SUBSP QUASIPNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUSKMELON; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS DENDRITIFORMIS; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PLANT SEED; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI SUBSP SCIURI; ACACIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CUCURBITACEAE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACACIA; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; CONDIMENTS; CUCURBITACEAE; FERMENTATION; FERMENTED FOODS; FOOD SAFETY; MYCOTOXINS; NIGERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85026390573     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.07.014     Document Type: Article

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